From primitive to indigenous : the academic study of indigenous religions
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- ISBN: 0754655695 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780754655695 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
xii, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-186) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : problems, research context and overview -- 1. The academic study of indigenous religions : underlying assumptions and historical developments -- 2. Essentialism and the world religions paradigm -- 3. Defining 'indigenous' scientifically -- 4. Towards a socio-cultural, non-essentialist interpretation of religion -- 5. The Yupiit of Alaska : the 'real people' -- 6. The adaptive nature of indigenous religions in Zimbabwe -- 7. Indigenous religions and the debate over primitivism -- Afterword : a practical conclusion. |
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Subject: | Indigenous peoples -- Religion |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Vancouver Campus | BL380 .C69 2007 (Text) | 225178 | Regular Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |